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Meanings of envisage in English

Portuguese
imaginar
Catalan
imaginar
Spanish
imaginar

Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.

imaginar
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Examples for "imagine"
Examples for "imagine"
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You can imagine the number of cases will definitely increase, Bajwa said.
Reuters
2
I imagine they wanted to investigate the problem; I just wanted out.
Repo men
3
As one might imagine, different threat groups launder money in different ways.
Reuters
4
The future depends on your ability to imagine and create the future.
Ebony
5
As you can imagine people are stunned over this 'great escape' attempt.
The South African
1
Drosks found it difficult to conceive of a number greater than seven.
The dark side of the sun
2
It is not difficult to conceive of a just war against Iraq.
The Guardian
3
Women cannot conceive of the drama of life without women in it.
'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!'
4
These are inventions that we couldn't even conceive of 10 years ago.
The Guardian
5
He didn't want to understand, couldn't conceive of what she was saying.
The long road home
1
His rabbit is an innovation strategist that likes to work with clients "to define problems, ideate solutions, and articulate outcomes".
The Irish Times
Usage of envisage in English
1
The proposals envisage more funding for mayoral social programmes from central government.
The Guardian
2
Few could envisage the promised new village of Ongar as a reality.
The Irish Times
3
But EU climate policies do not envisage an immediate fossil fuel phase-out.
Reuters
4
Gibson said he did not envisage the Lions changing their game plan.
The South African
5
I was beginning to think I couldn't envisage an existence without Xavier.
Halo
6
Western diplomats say they cannot envisage Russia surrendering its influence over Belarus.
Reuters
7
Can he envisage that picture altering over the next couple of years?
The Guardian
8
Hazel could envisage it all with a half turn of her head.
North of Fifty-Three
9
The problem confronting us, as I envisage it, resolves itself into this.
The Girl on the Boat
10
You envisage an entirely reasonable existence as a harsh and callous existence.
The Human Machine
11
What had parted them, and how did they to-day envisage one another?
Deadham Hard: A Romance
12
True, it's possible to envisage a case where nepotism and corruption come together.
Reuters
13
The plans envisage building 150 new military outposts along the frontier.
Reuters
14
They envisage that the sharpest environmental issues will be at the local level.
BBC
15
It's not far fetched to envisage this leading to some seriously unhelpful outcomes.
The Guardian
16
Their return is difficult to envisage without stability on the ground.
The Irish Times
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Envisage through the time
Envisage across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common